swaaye wrote:It certainly could be. I'm not very familiar with the quirks of the AGP X1950 though. I haven't used a bridged ATI card in ages.
I think ideally you would use Catalyst 7.11 or older. Catalyst 7.12 has a major OpenGL overhaul that breaks some older games like KOTOR. They dropped support for a bunch of old OpenGL extensions.
However I think it was that year that had the slew of drivers with hosed Direct3D support on the AGP bridge cards. I found a forum post that said 7.6 works ok.
Ok, so I'll try those 2 revisions. I think the version I have installed is 7.0. something then try a driver from 05 and 06 and see if I have any luck
appiah4 wrote:X1950 is pretty tame when it comes to AGP compatibility or so I found. You can check my K8 system’s configuration, driver version and 3DMark01 run results here: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
When someone says K7 and lockup my instinctual suspicion is a weak 5V rail PSU..
Also the nForce2 while being much faster than most VIA offerings is shitty in terms of compatibility with RAM and pcş/agp bus devices. Try changing nForce2 drivers or using a KT400A/600/880 motherboard.
Yeah, power is a possible issue, but I thought the nf2 boards got most of their juice from the 12v rail like intel boards? Unfortunately, the only psus I have handy are older OEM units that haven't been run for close to a decade, and these aren't good seasonic or enermax units. Ones a Bestec the other is branded Newton I think. And yeah, I've heard the nf2 can be picky. The Usb 2.0 hasn't work properly on it either since installing the drivers (and yes, I did install DX9 beforehad). Combine that with it being a OEM mobo from a company that I don't think is in business anymore and yeeeah... If driver changes don't help I'll probably just set it aside and go with a Firegl x3 or a X800 XT. Judging by Phil's video on the X3 it seems to be a good match to a fast K7. Hopefully I'll have better luck with it . This is the second card that hasn't turned out right on this build. As far as the X1950 is concerned, I have a Intel D845PT desktop board from my old Gateway (the K7 rig is actually in its case right now) that needs recapping, once its done I'll try the x1950 again. If the same issues are present I'll assume the card is effectively shot.